Trustees

Ronald J. Naples, Chairman Sean T. Buffington, President George A. Beach '58 Roger L. Bomgardner Ira Brind Ronald L. Caplan

Jill R. Felix Colton Joseph E Coradino Paul Curci Eleanor L. Davis Deanna DeCherney '66 Mark Donnolo '85 Brian Effron Michael C. Eorman Wilharn R. Cast '68 Mehssa Heller

Richard P. Jaffe, Esq. Scott M. Jenkins Gail Kass Dr. Russel E. Kaufman

Al Paul Lefton, Jr. Elaine C. Levitt Sueyun Pyo Locks Karen Lotman Jeffrey A. Lutsky Seymour G. Mandell Dr. Noel Mayo '66 Thomas M. Miles '75

Francis J. Mirabello, Esq. Adolf A. Paier Lawrence S. Reichlin '57 Jerry J. Siano Judith F. Terra James P. Vesey Fiarriet G. Weiss William Wilson Albert E. Wolf

Life Trustees Dorrance H. Fiamilton, Chairman Emerita Sam S. McKeel

Trustees Emeriti Mary Louise Beitzel '51

Irvin J. Borowsky Anne F. Elder Sondra Myers The University of the Arts 133''° COMMENCEMENT

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Commencement Ceremony Thursday, May 19,2011 Commencement Ceremony

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Thursday, May 19,2011 Processional 10:00 a.m. Ceremony 10:30 a.m.

Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets

Processional*

"Pomp and Circumstance" The University of the Arts Big Band

Grand Marshal Jack DeWitt, Professor, Liberal Arts

Marshals of Students David Howey, Associate Professor, Theater Arts Phyllis Purves-Smith, Associate Professor, Illustration Christa DiMarco, Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts Neil Kleinman, Professor, Multimedia and Communication Senior Fellow, the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy

Graduating Class

Marshals of the Faculty Meghan DeLuca, Assistant Dean, Division of Liberal Arts Krishna Dunston, Assistant Dean, College of Performing Arts Jeffrey Ryder, Deputy Dean, College of Media and Communication Adrienne Stalek, Deputy Dean, College of Art and Design

University Faculty

President's Council

Board of Trustees

Platform Party

Ceremony

"America the Beautiful' Graduating Vocal Performance Majors '\ \ fiL J vT

Welcome JX' ^s^ ,. Sean T Buffington, President \ ^ VV K^ e/ h' '^ Valedictory Speaker \X *^ _\ ^ ^ Y«^

Ashleigh Whitworth v '• J\ A ^ . A Modern Dance '11 \ /^ Ov" v Q)" ^ V /\\ \ ^ Student Awards vJ^. Vv^ ^^(^^\4CdLrnj„, ,, / ^^>, -T-L '/'^f'^cS-// Sean T Buffington, President ^^xCV^

President's Awards ^ /L "T , if^'^Q^r

' Medals for Academic Achievement ' A^ )^yf Faculty Awards Kirk E. Pillow, Provost

The Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award John M. Baker, Associate Professor, Liberal Arts

The Richard C. von Hess Faculty Prize Joseph L. Girandola, Assistant Professor, MFA/CPS

Mary Louise Beitzel Award for Distinguished Teaching Kim Y. Bears-Bailey, Associate Professor, Dance

The President's Distinguished Teaching Award Lowell Boston, Adjunct Associate Professor, Media Arts

Performance Transfusion Ensemble

Greetings from Alumni Council Lisa Oster '99

Silver Star Outstanding Alumni Awards Presented by Marc Dicciani Director, School of Music Awarded to Evan Solot '67, MM '75

Presented by Lori Spencer Associate Professor, Fine Arts Awarded to Leonard Lehrer '56

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degrees Presented by Wendy Weinberg Associate Professor, Media Arts

Awarded to Louis J. Massiah

Presented by Neil Kleinman Professor, Multimedia and Communication Senior Fellow, the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy Awarded to Bill Moggridge

Commencement Address Bill Moggridge

Conferral of Degrees and Other Academic Attainments Presentation of Diplomas Sean T. Buffington, President Kirk E. Pillow, Provost

Ronald J. Naples, Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Closing Remarks Sean T. Buffington, President

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* Audience will rise I""/ Past Silver Star Alumni Award Recipients

1955 1974 1994 Tina Leser Barry Wilke Ruth E. Fine Irving Penn Eugene Feldman Florence Quivar

1956 1975 1995 Raymond Ballinger Richard Reinhardt John E. Davis Henry Pitz Deborah Willis 1976 1957 Olaf Skoogfors 1996 Wharton Esherick Tom Butter Charles Sheeler 1977 Janine Cappello Elaine Kurtz 1958 1997 Earl Milhette 1978 Edd Kalehoff Sol Mednick Albert Gold Kathy Rose

1959 1979 1998 Frances Lichten Charles Santore Janice & Stanley Warren Blair Berenstain 1980 William R. McCann 1960 Evelyn Copelman John Williams Brown 1999 Marguerite Gaudin 1981 Irene Bedard Dana P. Vaughn Marguerite Walter Johnny Irizarry

1961 1982 2000 Irene Laverty Philip Eitzen C. Samuel Micklus Boris Drucker Brian T. Vernon 1983 1962 Thomas F. Schutte 2001 Mildred Jantzen Margaret Garwood 1984 Myra Mimlitsch-Gray 1963 Kevan Moss Virginia Gifford 2002 1985 Diane Monroe 1964 Jacob Landau Eileen Neff Al Bendiner Jerome Kaplan 1986 2003 Wesley W. Emmons Jennifer Childs 1965 Richard Kidney Joseph Kramer 1987 Theodore Miller Robert Capanna 2004 Morris Lomden Steve & Peggy Zablotny Donald Chittum Bernard Glassman Joseph Musso 1988 1966 William G. Krebs 2005 Rudolph Freund Barbara Silverstein Riitta Vainio Susan B. Welchman 1967 1989 Morris Berd Stephen Albert 2006 Kenneth Carbone KaDee Strickland 1968 Leslie Smolan Don Moyer Arnold Roth 1990 2007 1969 Marjorie Levy Daniel Owen Dailey William Stephens Vincent J. Trombetta 1991 1970 Lydia Artymiw 2008 George Krause Ed Colker Charles Long Jackson Grace Gay 1971 1992 Sidney Goodman Jerry Pinkney 2009 Pearl B. Schaeffer Richard Amsel 1972 Stephen and

Paul Keene, Jr. 1993 Timothy Quay Stanley Clarke 1973 Joseph Dante 2010 Noel Mayo Renee Jaworski Alphonse Mattia Silver Star Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients

Evan Solot The work of composer Evan Solot, a University of the Arts professor and Composition department chair, has earned accolades and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, and the American Composers Forum, to name just a few. A Fulbright Scholar, he composes for orchestras, jazz groups, pop recordings, dance, theater, film and commercials, collaborating with poet Sonia Sanchez, playwright Ntosake Shange, Stevie Wonder, and University alumni including bassist Stanley Clarke '71 (Bass) and choreographer Judith Jamison '64 (Dance). His music has been performed by leading jazz and pop performers including Randy and Michael Brecker, Kurt Filing, Mel Torme and Ben Vereen.

A former trumpet player, Solot toured with , Burt Bacharach, and Lou Rawls, and served as lead trumpet in more than 50 Broadway shows.

Fiis music underscores the award-winning documentary "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" and is part of Naxos Records' American Essentials series with the Chestnut Brass. He also orchestrated the new NBC Nightly News Theme. Solot earned B.M., and M.M. degrees from the Musical Academy, now the University of the Arts.

Leonard Lehrer

Leonard Lehrer is an award-winning painter and printmaker. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Gallery, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and many other institutions. Lehrer was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Printmaking from the Southern Graphics Council International in 2009.

A Fulbright Scholar, Lehrer received his BFA from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) in 1956 and his MFA from the University of in 1960. He served as co-director of the Foundation Program at PCA. Lehrer has also led the schools or departments of art at the University of New Mexico, the University of Texas at San Antonio, Arizona State University, and University; he served as dean and associate provost at Columbia

College Chicago; and he is currently a visiting professor and director of the Printmaking Convergence Program at the University of Texas at

Austin. Lehrer is a Founding Trustee of the International Print Center New York, and was a member of the original College Art Association Committee charged with developing national guidelines for the MFA and the BFA degrees. ."".• Past Honorary Degree Recipients

1961 1980 1995 Harold Taylor Helen Frankenthaler Joel N. Bloom Aurelius Renzetti Rudolf Nureyev Philip Glass

1962 1981 1996 Benton Spruance H. Ober Hess Robert M. Greenberg Leo Steinberg Marjorie Samoff 1963 Walter Terry Karl Sherman 1997 1982 Robert Oldenburg 1964 Placido Domingo Edward G. Rendell

Saul Bass Jack Lenor Larsen Grover Washington, Jr. Victor D'Amico Harvey K. Littleton 1998 1965 1983 Richard S. Gurin Eugene Grigsby George Crumb Peter Nero Edward Hopper Alwin Nikolais Erwin Panofsky Henry Holmes Smith 1999 Mrs. Malcom Lloyd Arthur Mitchell 1984 Arnold Newman 1966 Joseph Castaldo Edwin Dickinson Alice Neal 2000 Lily Yeh 1967 1985 Edmund Bacon Andrew Heiskell 2001 Paul Froelaich Denise Scott Brown Helen W. Drutt English Susanne Langer Robert Venturi Jane Golden

1968 1986 2002 Thomas Wilfred Roger L. Stevens Walter E. Dallas Louise Nevelson Judith Jamison

Lessing J. Rosenwald Richard Reinhardt 2003 Mildred Constantine 1969 1987 Robert A. Moog R. Sturgis Ingersoll Laurie Anderson Edward R. Tufte

Howard Mitchell J. Carter Brown Joseph Papp 2004 1970 Leilani Lattin Duke Berthe von Moschzisker 1988 Roberto Memmo Dorrance H. Hamilton 1971 Armin Hofmann 2005

Alexey Brodovich Sam S. McKeel Rexford T. Cardwell, Jr. (posthumously accepted by John W. Merriam Kal Solomon Rudman Irving Penn) Thomas M. Messex Dominick Peter Stuccio Howard A. Wolf Howard A. Wolf 2006 1972 1989 William M. Hurt G. Robert LeRicolais Martin Friedman John Szarkowski Maurice Sendak 2007 Meredith Monk Rosalyn Drexler 1973 Anais Nin 1990 2008 Katharine Dunham Edna Andrade 1974 Lukas Foss Ira Brind Herbert Bayer Nam June Paik Stanley Clarke Pater DeGelleke Senator Claiborne Pell Miguel Angel Corzo

1975 1991 2009 Milton Glaser Ivan Chermayeff Portia Hamilton Sperr Willard G. Rouse, III James Lapine 1976 Ellen Stewart Anni Albers 2010 Josef Albers 1992 Peggy Amsterdam Mary Ellen Mark Robert Capanna 1977 Bernard C. Watson Moses Pendleton Saul Steinberg 1993 1978 Claire Van Vliet

Mercedes Matter William H. Cosby, Jr.

1979 1994 Paul Rand Joan Myers Brown , Richard Rogers William P Daley Liv UUman Richard Saul Wurman .""/ Doctor of Fine Arts honoris causa

It is a University of the Arts tradition tliat during its Commencement ceremony the institution bestows its highest honorary degree, the Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, on one or more distinguished individuals. Honorary degrees are conferred honoris causa, "for the sake of honor." Honorary degrees are generally awarded for one of three reasons: To recognize extraordinary intellectual or artistic achievement; to honor service to the University and to the wider society; and to recognize men and women who might serve as examples to the institution's student body. The Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, honors both the grantee and the spirit of the institution.

Louis J. Massiah Louis Massiah is an Emmy Award-winning independent documentary film maker whose films often explore historical and political subjects, and are seen widely on public television and at film festivals internationally. He is the founder and executive director of the Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia, a media arts organization that provides low-cost workshops and equipment access to emerging video/filmmakers and community organizations. He has helped community members create more than 200 documentaries chronicling major issues and concerns facing urban communities.

Massiah is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a Pew Fellowship, and two Rockefeller Intercultural Fellowships for his documentary filmmaking, and he has received awards from a wide range of other organizations. He received a B.A. from and an M.S. in documentary filmmaking from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently the Eugene M. Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change at , and has been an artist- in-residence and on the faculty of City College of New York, , Ithaca College, the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, American University and .

Bill Moggridge

Bill Moggridge is the director of the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. A design pioneer, he designed the first laptop computer, the Grid Compass, launched in 1982. Moggridge is a co-founder of the groundbreaking design firm IDEO, where he developed design methods for interdisciplinary design teams. He is a leading spokesperson for the

value of design in everyday life.

A Royal Designer for Industry, Britain's highest accolade for designers, Moggridge pioneered interaction design and is one of the first people to integrate human factors into the design of software and hardware. He has been a trustee of the Design Museum in London, visiting professor in Interaction Design at the Royal College of Art, and consulting associate professor in the design program at Stanford University. He was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Awards in 2009, and the Prince Philip Designers Prize in 2010 I"".- Degree Candidates

COLLEGE OF Christine Leilani Yuka Petz Thomas M. Doerrer ART & DESIGN Jamie Lynn Schilling Kevin Emmanuel Dossantos Master of Arts in Master of Fine Arts Karena Feng Art Education in Ceramics Victor P. Foote * * Gabrielle A. Boyce Jessica E Cohen Andrew J. Gomes* Juliann G. Crooks Christine L. Colby** Samantha Lynn Gurry RoseMarie Dispensa Andrew N. Heisey** Ashley K. Hamilton** Sarah E. Henzler Marie T. Marks Sarah Hubartt Karen L. Spears Master of Fine Arts M. L. Karas Susanna B. Stevenson** in Museum Exhibition Jamie Plannijig and Design Christina E. Koebernik Jessica Lynn Lugo Master of Arts in Sarah L. Asper-Smith Museum Communication Margaret C. Bullock Max McCourt Nicole L. Miller Dana L. Byrd** Christine Michelle Carpenter Giudino Angelo Bryn Elizabeth Fulmer"'* Sarah Crawford Murro Laarni Palazzolo Lynn A. Golden* Kenneth M. Davis* Valerie Potanka Alexandra M. Gnafakis Rebecca J. Fell Samuel James Carrie A. Guay Kelly S. Floyd Wayland Roe Jenna L. Toppert** William Zachary Mosley Kimberly M. Nichols Ka Young Ryu Nicholas A. Salvatore Master of Arts in Ming Shao** Museum Education Jamee Leigh Vasil Christopher Shrader** Juan F. Silva* Jessica Erin Bachrach** Amy N. Vlastelica Vivian Allison Smith** Mary Bailey** Alexandria L. Smith Olivia Marie Edlund** Master of Fine Arts Marcos Emanuel Vega* Jennifer Leibert in Painting Helen M. Wallace Graham R O'Neill Veronica D. Cianfrano** Frank S. Zampino Ian C. Semmler Jessica Anne Clark** Olivia K. Thomas Martha Lelia Ferguson** Michele C. Kishita** Bachelor of Fine Arts in Crafts Master of Arts in Lauren M. McCarty** Michelle A. Anthony Teaching in Visual Arts Teresa Anna Palmer** Lyndsay M. Bakich Tyler C. Anewalt Heather Rae Pieters Daniel Leung Boos Wing L.Chan** Nancy Gail Ring** Bernadette R. Cladek Anna Demidova Andrew R. Walker** Sydney Rae Conaway Dina Marie DiTaranto Matthew S. Zigler** Lindsey A. Dickson** Marianne C. Evans Kelly Malarkey Dzioba James B. Flynn** Master of Fine Arts April Field Joseph D. Fuiman in Sculpture J. Erik Gregory Fryer Brooke E. Giles** Renee J. Cortese** ~ Melissa Rose Guglielmo Danielle Kathleen Hallman Marshall K. Harris Madeline E. Hart Marie L. Hegerich-Max** Sean Mattio** Ashley L. Johnson Matthew G. Kelly Robin Judith Kolber Donna T. Lipin Master of Industrial Suzanna Marshall Adrianne S. Liwerant Design Nicole M. Mercurio Nathan A. Majoros** Michael S. Barakat Jack H. Nichols** Jia Qian Joshua C. Chadwick Tulissa Parsons Krystyn Satko Deng-Shun Chang Mackenzie Vaughan Caitlin V. Schlosser Giacomo F. Ciminello Pikaart Lauren C. Serowik** Kristin Smith Freese Ariane E. Sirizzotti Katharine Shields Andrew R. Grossman Brittany M. Sundheim Moira C. Sica Georgia Guthrie Jane P. Wojciechowski Robert C. Smith Yu-Ching Hung Elise R. Stuck John MacDuffie Woodburn, Bachelor of Fine Arts Nichole Charene Talbott Matthew J. Miller in Film/Digital Video Jessica L. Till M. Donovan Preddy Caroline Parker Boyd Deva Watson** Michael James Smith Sean James Cox** Rebecca A. Jacob R. Wells Robert Curry Yurkevicz-Dangel* * Sherika E. Wynter Matthew E. Duffy with minor in Photography Master Fine Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts of Elliot A. Herman in itt Arts/Printmaking Animation Book Khyber Jones C. Arthur Christopher F. Basile Jody Steven T. Schneider Jerel Blocker Laura E. Beyer Nutthatida Tohchoodee Daniel Corrigan Alexandra Bustion R with minor in Marc Bonfiglio** Rebecca C. Davies Photography Geoffrey A. Ciccarelli Sean Dyroff Brent Weichsel Turner Antony Timpano Tiffany Michelle De Vore** Hilliker Jacquelyn Joyce Deren Bachelor of Fine Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts Emily A. Donaldson with in Graphic Design in Illustration concentration in Art Therapy Karaamar Rashad Abdullah Anthony S. Akanbi Allison Brooke Hoffman with Brian T. Alexandrovvicz Justine M. Babcock concentration in Art Therapy John R. Baccile Zachary Adam Baez Natalie Lipuma Hojell with Heather N. Barrel Philip A. Bartel concentration in Art Therapy Julie Rose Bierschenk Lindsay A. Beach John Arrington Hyatt Kathleen M. Bongarzone Paul A. Bradley Kristen E. Kelly Siri C. Langone Gabrielle A. Bonghi Anthony J. Briglia John Paul Caterino Miguel M. Co Lauren Lyons Michelle Timothy S. Cheneval Ashley Marie Collinson with Holly Smith Jonathan H. Chin mifior in Photography and Sung Ju Cho concentration in Art Therapy Bachelor of Fine Arts in Lauren Elizabeth Cole Jacqueline Davis Painting and Drawing David W. Daniel Nicole DiPonziano Jesika Rose Feldman''"' David Deliard Rebecca Henderson Dome Kathryn M. Hoyt Emily Fae Kettner with minor Christopher J. Ditaranto Phoebe A. Dowdle in History of Visual Arts Armand J. Esteves Marissa C. Everetts Julie Michelle Eorman Alexi M. Fisk Hyein Lee Jesse Lee GimbeL''' Bryan T. Flanagan Meelu Lee Allison Rees Gray Ryan M. Fortney Theodore Leung** Michael E. Guyer Steven Daniel Fournier Lauren Dean Messina with concentration in Art Therapy John J. Helmuth Xer Reinard Benito Gata""" Tara A. Judge with minor hi Brianna L. Gilmartin Michael J. Olivo Strategic Advertising Nina C. Goffi Angela M. Patruno Michelle Nguyen Killmer Daniella B. Goldfrad Jamie L. Rahn with minor in Figurative Linda Aurora Gonzalez Emily L. Rodia Ilhistration Maximilian Gordon Victoria Rudnicki Se Young Kim~' Leah L Greenberg Myung Jin Kim Stephanie Nicole Kaczmarski Bachelor of Fine Arts Ben Pieter Kuyper with concentration in in Photography Marvin Mack Art Therapy Silvia Baptiste with minor in Nina C. Marrero with minor Avery E. Kane Book Art/Printmaking in Book Art/Printmaking Rachel S. Kantor Juliet Bastianelli Karen G. Martinez"' Anne L. Karetnikov William John Benton Martin W. Mascio Hae Min Kil Kathryn Borbas Andrew Edward McQuiston Leanne Marie Kissinger Alexandra Boroughs with minor in Booli ArtI Douglas Alan Krueger Samantha Castrale"'* Vrintmahiing Jonathan M. Laing Brianna L. Cerafici

Christine P. Mikus Katrina Lamet Ashley McDowell Clark with Brittany Anne Molloy Rachel O. Lesser minor in Strategic Advertising with minor in Strategic Lauren Lopez Gina Marie Delia with minor Advertising Erin M. Lynn in Strategic Advertising Humda Mubarka with minor Deanna Lynn Mangano Evan J. Foster in Photography Miguel A. Manzur Brenda Y. Garate luitb minor Callie R. O'Neill Cailann S. Martinez Meehan in History of Visual Arts Jong Hyun Park James Walter Matusheski Diana J. Hamm SoYeon Park James B. McCrory Anna G. Harty Rebekah E. Phelps with Kelly A. Meissner Joseph J. Hocker minor in Book Art/ Jessica A. NichoU Scott R. Holjes Printmaking Thomas A. Panico Paul M. Kensey'* Elizabeth Rose Reyes Sevinc Esen Pence Amber Linnea Kirylak with Ramon Dario Ruiz John R. Psota minor in Film/Digital Video T. Sipha Say Ji Young Ryoo"'' Jeremy Kochel Caroline A. Scavuzzo Yara Safadi Megan T. LaMon Angela R. Sinicropi Guillermo Santiago Gretchen K. Lovrinov Kendall C. Spinelli Howard Robert Schechtman Rebecca A. McGirney Kaitlin V. Stopyra with niinor in Web Design Jessi R. Melcer Jeffrey Miller Michael J. Tedeschi Vladimir Shaposhnikov T Leandra S. Tidwell Kevin T. Simpson Alyson Moy Jean S. Tran Amanda L. Stewart Alicia V. Raft T. Michael A. Tyson Darren K. Toliver, Jr. Jason Rusnock Samuel Stewart Sargent Paul J. Wieckowski Erik C. Weedeman Donald Jarrett Wilmer Laura C. Yumang Benjamin A. Schaeffer* with minor in History of Stephanie R. Shade Visual Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts in Kelly C. Soltis with Christopher K. Wirtz Midtidisciplinary Fine Arts concentration in Art Therapy Sophie Xu with minor in Geovanny Arias-Reynolds Eric F. L. Stabach Studio Photography Katherine Bisono Kimberly Paloma Thalia

Anna Marie Zitarelli Adam Brunell Kelly J. Webb ."". Degree Candidates

Bachelor of Fine Arts COLLEGE OF COLLEGE OF in Printmaking MEDIA & PERFORMING Jackie L. Barry COMMUNICATION ARTS Jennifer M. Bernardin Courtney E. Brown with Bachelor of Fine Arts in Master of Arts in minor in Multimedia Multimedia Teaching in Music Cerise Kacensky Nichole Bartholomew''' Education Thomas A. Mancusi Da'shanna R. Brantley Shane M. Beaver'' ''

Nari Park"" Tsveta Dimitrova Robert J. Benton Victoria Sadicario Quizayra Gonzalez'' '' Theodore C. Blohm''"'' Chris Terrell Kylie M. Hoffman with Nicholas M. Costa Olivia Rose Thornton minor in Book Art/ Philip L. Davis

Ji Yeong Yoon Printmaking Robert M. Gold Benjamin F. Jewett Katherine A. Hamilton Bachelor of Fine Arts Joshua E. Johnson'' '' with Edward D. Hrybyk in Sculpture minor in Web Design and Tiffany Jones Maria Ashmen Development Colin G. Keller'^''' Matthew D. Manhire Laurie Berenhaus''"~' Alexander J. Stockman Sarah E. Blake''"'' Ryan C. Varano with Brian R. Manser Pavia Rose Burroughs minor in E-Music Douglas B. Neder '' Renata Lea Gordon Andrew Cameron Zahn Andrew Rinaldi''"''" Tyler S. Held Nathan D. VandeGiessen Stephen E James Bachelor Fine Ai'ts in Walter G. Young Samantha Kanelstein"' Writing for Film and Melissa Anne MacNair Television Master of Arts in Studies Nicholas L. Maimone Steve Climaco Jazz Mark R. Allen Brandon J. Miller with minor Andrea Lynn Festa Eugen in Photography Daniel Matthew Janavey Kim Andrew R. Morris Catlin W. O'Neill with minor in Creative Rieko Brittany Papale Writing Okuda Marina Vishnyakova'^"''' Andrew Joffe Jason C. Wolbach Bachelor of Science Taja L. Manning in Industrial Desigit Robert Payne Meder Bachelor of Fine Arts Rebecca L. Albrand Nicholas Menard in Dance Lily Irene Strobel Chong Sean P. Mulhearn Totiana L. Aiken Joseph John Dyer III Emily Ann Nye with minor Sara M. Bolton Joseph C. Fritz III in Strategic Advertising Jaren A. Brown Lorretto A. Higgins Sean Thomas Spencer Samantha A. Brown Cameron James Jackman Christopher Tharp J. Ashley A. Budinick Adam E. Khorshid Megan Ashley Butler Christopher Michael Kolb Bachelor of Science in Leah A. Chilcutt Joseph L. Levin Commu nication Jessica L. Cintron Yi-Wei Liao Ashley Ugonna Akunna Simonne G. Clark Anthony P. Nami Kay la Layne Crawford'''' Gunnar DesMarais Clark Andrew G. Omara Raymond K. Davis Noelle J. Coder Timothy Cobb Passarella Frank Difelice~' with Alex H. Crozier-Jackson Yujie Peng minor in Philosophy Tiffany M. Dealba Fernando Prasetyo and Religion Enza M. DePalma Teagan P. Ruane Cassandra Dawn Ducca JaLeesa R. Diggs Ilyssa Shapiro Leilani P. Engram J. Carissa L. DiStefano Christiaan Sidell Jason E. Howard with Madilyn A. Evans Erik Squillante minor in Creative Writing Molly A. Everts Kyle Stetz Regina lannarella Amund M. Catherine Elizabeth Farrell Elizabeth Talley Y. Latimer Megan Jihan Erin M. Fitzgerald Benjamin S. Tsang N. Page''"' Summer Madeline Mills Fitzpatrick Chia-Ying Elyse Rasmussen Yu Shannon Monica Flores Muro''"'' Christine Marie Zapata Gunel Rzayeva''"'' Bianca Rose Gatto Eric John Zola Brian A. Stone Cedric J. Greene''' Kaysie Lynne Strickland Angela J. Guthmiller"'"' Yuriko Tapia Vincent B. Hardy Sarah K. Wieboldt Sakina N. Ibrahim Abdiel Cedric Jacobsen'^'* Shalay M. Johnson Shelby Lynn Joyce Fatima E. Kargbo Leighanna K. Kennett Parris Anthony Lacey Celeste Christine Lanuza''"* with minor in Musical Theater Courtney Michele Lapresi Eric Alexander Goetschel Nicholas C. Deacon Caitlin Ann Leary with with minor in Philosophy Anthony Albert minor in Musical Theater and Religion DeGregoriov FV Michaela A. Licari Abigail M. Grenda with minor in Music Education Jillian Alexandra Anne K. Halliday Brian Dempsey tvith minor Marchenko Harmony W. Hansen in Music Education Terrance D. Martin Leslie Ann Harkins John Robert D'Urso with Sherri M. Mason Lyndsay E. Hart minor in Music Education Catherine E. Mazzabufi Elizabeth Ann Himmelman Michael Eppel * Christina Marie Mims Adam Dean Hostler Matthew John Eischer* Shadou R. Mintrone Jeffrey H. Hyman with minor in Music Education Daniel L. Moore Stefan W. Iseldyke Karelyn M. Foust Alyssa D. Pagliocca with Noelle Kathleen Jaycox Melinda K. Gervasio tvith minor in Musical Theater Roslynn R. Johnson minor in Music Education Alyse A. Palombaro Erin M. Kacmarcik Robert Patrick Green with Michelle Meejoo Paquette Julian Ott Karlen"'* minor in Music Education LaVon Dior Patterson Shoshana G. Katz Rachel K. Haines

Quiaunna Powell George Keveson** Darryl J. Jackson, Jr.

Melvin J. Ramsey IP'"' Jillian R. Keys Edwin Oliver Jacob, Jr. Chloe Rose Remmert with Cairlan Brie Lattimer Wade S. Johnston ivith minor minor in History of Gregory M. Laucella in Music Education Visual Arts Michael T. Leon Chad A. Justis ivith minor in Christie A. Rohr with minor Shaun Licata Music Education in Musical Theater Christopher Ricarldo Linsey Robert Howard Keller Leah O. Rothlein Danielle Lovier AJ Luca Sean S. Rozanski Vincent M. Maliani Ryan Patrick Macken

William T. Saunders, II Rachel Mazzagatti Felix J. Manzi Lindsey Sengebush Danielle E. Melendez Gregory M. Matthews**

Dujuan D. Smart, Jr. Christopher George Pappas* Cailin M. Michael Sarah P. Stahl Carly Brooke Pearlstein Nelson E. Miranda with Casey M. Stolowski Lukas Poost minor in Music Education

Rosie Harvey Stovall Corey Miles Regensburg Marcus P. Myers

Gina Marie Toscano Jessica Marie Rodriguez Jonathan F. Oshei Jennifer L. Treat Anne Elissa Rossman Thomas M. Petraccaro tvith Alexandra Watson Ellie Marissa Ruttenberg minor in Music Education Laura Elizabeth Weinberg Matteo Jones Scammell Nicholas A. Rahn Ashleigh Y. Whitworth with Margaret L. Siegrist Paul Maximillian Rogers minor in Philosophy and Marianne T. Smith* Gregory B. Rosen ivith minor Religion Alecsander James Sorensen in Music Education Aii M. Willingham Ashlyn Brooke Stoner** Alexander C. Roysdon Kristina Marie Wozniak Samantha Orlando Taglienti Jonathan T. Salmon Chase Olivia Zuzzolo Andrew Joseph Tardif James F. Scanlan, III with Lauren M. Todd mitior in Music Education Bachelor of Fine Arts Leslie Kirsten Uhl Michael Shaver** in Dance Education Sarah Brooke Van Auken Joshua David Stauffer Katie E. Bank Michelle Christina Vezilj Maxwell R. Swan Stephanie Lyneice Breining Eric S. Wunsch Geoffrey D. Tough Kiona Marion Brown Peter Vigliotti with minor in Angelique P. Harden Bachelor of Music Music Educatioji Michael Melian-Velez Christopher Acree Sean A. Walker* Sarah Andrulonis with minor Alisha A. Wisniewski with Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Education minor in Musical Theater in Theater Arts Samantha Nicole Aurelio Sung Won An Elena Maria Bair with minor Certificate in Dance Carrie L. Bauer in Musical Theater Alison Dripchak Karina M. Benjamin William T. Bentley Jessica Guerro

Caroline J. Blasius Daniel Patrick Berkery Lauren Hepner Kathleen Borrelli Brian C. Blaker Erin Nicole Marcucci Danielle Elise Brescia Adrian Michael Brown Patrick C. Mendelson Guinevere Buchan Michael A. Burton with Stephanie Marie Petruccio** Jeffrey D. Budner minor in Music Education Monica Rhea* Vincent M. Celeiro Joseph N. Chernus

Alyssa Christine DiPalma Thomas J. Cladek Certificate in Voice ** Rory T. Donovan*'' Paul Alan Clark w;Y/; minor Olivia Marie Devine Erik M. Endsley in Music Education Valentina Raffaelli Jamison T. Foreman* Andrew T. Clarke * Nicholas A. Fragale* Julie A. Cutter "Degree Conferred Kelley Ann Gates Michael D. Dabach with August 31, 2010 Kenya R. Gayles minor in Music Education

* Elizabeth J. Giovino Lewis A. D'Avanzo II luith 'Degree Conferred minor in Music Education December 31, 2010 ."".- University Academic Traditions

Led by the Grand Marshal carrying the University mace, the academic procession begins with the candidates for degrees, followed by the faculty from the three colleges and the division of Liberal Arts, who in turn are followed by the president's council, deans, provost, members of the Board of Trustees, distinguished guests, chairman of the Board and the president of the University.

The tradition of academic regalia dates from the 12th and 13th centuries, when universities were emerging from religious organizations. The tradition of a long robe for academia arrived in the country with the colonists and served as the norm in Harvard College, the College of William and Mary, and all American colleges and universities founded in the two centuries thereafter. In 1932, the American Council on Education authorized a Committee on Academic Costumes and Ceremonies to oversee the code for academic regalia.

The gown for the bachelor's degree has pointed sleeves and is designed to be worn closed. The gown for the master's degrees has an oblong sleeve, while the gowns of the doctoral degree have bell shaped sleeves

and are often trimmed with velvet. Black is the standard color for bachelors and masters degree robes. Doctoral degree robes may be black or of a special color and design as established by the particular institution.

Master's degree hoods are usually shorter than those for doctoral degrees. The color of the hood lining usually denotes the school's official

color, and the velvet trim, the earned degree. For example, brown is the color reserved for fine arts degrees, pink for music, blue for philosophy, yellow/gold for science, purple for law, and white for literature.

The color and shape of the hats and tassels is a matter of national, institutional or personal preference.

The presidential mace and medaUion were designed, crafted, and presented by Richard H. Reinhardt (1921-1998), alumnus, faculty member, former dean of the Philadelphia College of Art, and Professor Emeritus. The medallion incorporates a medal coined in 1876 in honor of the United States Centennial and the founding of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, a forerunner of the University. The medallion's grosgrain ribbon neckpiece was designed and woven by Warren Seelig, professor of Crafts.

The highest academically-ranked student within each of the three

colleges of the University is presented with the University of the Arts Medal for Academic Achievement during the commencement ceremony. Students who are graduating with academic honors wear red stoles to denote their accomplishment. The University's History

The University of the Arts is the nation's first and only university dedicated to the visual, performing and communication arts. The University evolved from two century-old institutions: the Philadelphia College of Art (PCA) and Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (PCPA).

PCA w^as established in 1876 as part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Together, they were originally known as the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, created in response to the growing interest in art and art education stirred by the country's Centennial Exposition. In

194flt PCA changed its name to the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, reflecting expanded programs that trained artists in a variety of areas.

The school received accreditation as a college in 1959, and in 1964 it separated from the Museum to become the Philadelphia College of Art.

The performing arts programs of the University of the Arts date back \m to ^^^, when three graduates of Germany's Leipzig Conservatory opened the Philadelphia Musical Academy, one of the first European- style conservatories of music in America. The Academy became an independent college of music in 1950, one of only eight institutions in the nation to offer four-year Bachelor of Music degrees. The school

changed its name to the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (PCPA) in 1976. One year later, the Philadelphia Dance Academy became part of PCPA and, in 1983, the School of Theater was created, achieving the college's ideal combination of dance, music and theater arts.

In 1985, PCA and PCPA merged to become the Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts, a collaboration bringing the institution one step closer to

becoming the nation's first comprehensive arts university. After being granted university status in 1987, the University of the Arts became

the largest institution of its kind in the nation, offering programs in design, fine arts, media arts, crafts, music, dance and theater. In 1996 the University established the College of Media and Communication, offering degrees in Communication, Writing for Film and Television, and Multimedia.

Today, the University's 2,300 students, enrolled in 25 undergraduate and 10 graduate programs, are taught by almost 500 full- and part-time faculty members on the University's campus, located on Philadelphia's vibrant Avenue of the Arts. The University's undergraduate programs include Acting, Animation, Ballet, Communication, Crafts with an emphasis in Ceramics, Fibers, Jewelry/Metals, or Wood, Dance Education, Digital FilmA^ideo, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Instrumental Performance, Jazz Dance, Modern Dance, Multidisciplinary Fine Arts, Multimedia, Music Composition, Musical Theater, Painting & Drawing, Photography, Printmaking/Book Arts, Sculpture, Theater Design and Technology, Theater Management and Production, Vocal Performance and Writing for Film and Television.

Graduate programs include Art Education, Book Arts/Printmaking, Ceramics, Industrial Design, Jazz Vocal Studies, Jazz Instrumental Studies, Museum Communication, Museum Education, Museum Exhibition Planning & Design, Music Education, Painting, Sculpture, and Teaching Visual Arts.